Above Photo [Left to Right]: Rohan Hughes (Postdoctoral Research Fellow), Michael Collins (Professor and CLVOL Director) and Shashank Bhandary (PhD Student)
The generosity of a patron has enabled important myopia (short-sighted) research to be conducted at QUT’s Centre for Vision and Eye Research, Contact Lens and Visual Optics Laboratory (CLVOL). Funding received from the patron has enabled the 3-Year Postdoctoral Research Fellow appointment of Dr Rohan Hughes (a former QUT doctoral student and optometry graduate), as well as payment of a 3-Year scholarship to fulltime QUT PhD Student, Shashank Bhandary.
Dr Rohan Hughes is investigating improvements to short-sighted treatments (atropine eye drops, glasses and contact lenses) which are currently available to young children to slow myopia progression; Whilst Shashank Bhandary is concentrating his doctoral research on genetic and environmental factors of near-work activities such as reading, studying, smartphone screen use, and laptop/computer screen use.
Both Rohan and Shashank are conducting their myopia research in CLVOL on QUT’s Kelvin Grove campus, and are being mentored by renown myopia researcher, Professor Michael Collins.
Read more about the generosity of the patron who is supporting myopia research at: QUT – News
To learn more about some of the myopia research being undertaken in the Contact Lens and Visual Optics Laboratory within QUT’s Centre for Vision and Eye Research, please visit: Home – Contact Lens and Visual Optics Laboratory (qut.edu.au)